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Look at Some Stuff You'll find on eBay
Aired September 19, 2002 - 08:52 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
JACK CAFFERTY, CNN ANCHOR; Most people think of that online auction site eBay as sort of an electronic yard sale, don't you? If you enjoy rummaging through your neighbor's trash, then you'll just love eBay. Actually, it's kind of fun, from used dentures, which are not fun at all, to a strong of Abe Lincoln's hair, which is somewhere in the middle?
As Jeanne Moos reports now, these are just some of many strange discoveries awaiting you.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Talk about an eyeful.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: But that is a real glass eye.
MOOS: From a belt buckle with an eye to eye caps embalmers use on the deceased.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Those will keep your eyelid closed forever.
MOOS: Who knew "e" in eBay stood for "eek." Bid on a dried preserved mouse with just a click of your mouse, or maybe you'd prefer a 1949 can of rattlesnake meat?
(on camera): With supreme sauce?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right, that's for added flavor.
MOOS (voice-over): All found on eBay, the title of Marc Hartman's book.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is a goat toenail bracelet. Who knew something like this existed, that people made bracelets from goat toenails?
MOOS: From goat toenails to some guy's big toenail, came off as a result of a sports injury, eBay closed the bidding on this item, and who would want this?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is a woman's photo of her colon from her colonoscopy.
MOOS: A guy named Mike even tried to auction off a wart from his finger.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think it's kind a nice thing to know that of all this disgusting stuff on eBay, not all of it does sell.
MOOS: Marc started collecting weird items up for bid on e-bay.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, this is a hornet's nest.
MOOS: Simply like he likes off the wall stuff. This shark fetus was a gift from his fiancee, Liz. That's her, adjusting the duct tape tie acquired on eBay.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I really like it when Marc wears it.
MOOS: The two first bonded over discussion of a four-legged woman.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I was so shocked that here is this girl who knows about the four-legged woman.
MOOS: For their six-month anniversary, Mark made Liz this snow dome. She photographed many of the items in the book.
(on camera): I've never shopped on e-bay. I had no idea they had stuff like this scrotum bags.
(voice-over): You heard right.
(on camera): Do you think it's real?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, that's real. Yes, the guy actually sells a bunch of these.
MOOS (voice-over): For a mere 30 bucks per scrotum, search eBay and you'll find everything from fake marijuana plants to used socks. No socks for Marc, but he did acquire a monkey carved out of a peach pit and a new jersey turnpike pennant.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Is anybody actually rooting for the turnpike?
MOOS: And there is the 10-inch JFK lawn gnome.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And this guy who was selling it, he actually has a garden gnome museum in Germany. This is one of my favorites too, the deer-proof paperweight.
MOOS: And we can't overlook the beer can man.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And you know it's a man, because when you lift him up...
MOOS: Some offerings are conceptual.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is nothing, and nothing sold.
MOOS: For $1.03, and why settle for two head of cattle when you can buy a calf with two heads for a mere $20,000?
Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York. (END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired September 19, 2002 - 08:52 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
JACK CAFFERTY, CNN ANCHOR; Most people think of that online auction site eBay as sort of an electronic yard sale, don't you? If you enjoy rummaging through your neighbor's trash, then you'll just love eBay. Actually, it's kind of fun, from used dentures, which are not fun at all, to a strong of Abe Lincoln's hair, which is somewhere in the middle?
As Jeanne Moos reports now, these are just some of many strange discoveries awaiting you.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Talk about an eyeful.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: But that is a real glass eye.
MOOS: From a belt buckle with an eye to eye caps embalmers use on the deceased.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Those will keep your eyelid closed forever.
MOOS: Who knew "e" in eBay stood for "eek." Bid on a dried preserved mouse with just a click of your mouse, or maybe you'd prefer a 1949 can of rattlesnake meat?
(on camera): With supreme sauce?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right, that's for added flavor.
MOOS (voice-over): All found on eBay, the title of Marc Hartman's book.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is a goat toenail bracelet. Who knew something like this existed, that people made bracelets from goat toenails?
MOOS: From goat toenails to some guy's big toenail, came off as a result of a sports injury, eBay closed the bidding on this item, and who would want this?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is a woman's photo of her colon from her colonoscopy.
MOOS: A guy named Mike even tried to auction off a wart from his finger.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think it's kind a nice thing to know that of all this disgusting stuff on eBay, not all of it does sell.
MOOS: Marc started collecting weird items up for bid on e-bay.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, this is a hornet's nest.
MOOS: Simply like he likes off the wall stuff. This shark fetus was a gift from his fiancee, Liz. That's her, adjusting the duct tape tie acquired on eBay.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I really like it when Marc wears it.
MOOS: The two first bonded over discussion of a four-legged woman.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I was so shocked that here is this girl who knows about the four-legged woman.
MOOS: For their six-month anniversary, Mark made Liz this snow dome. She photographed many of the items in the book.
(on camera): I've never shopped on e-bay. I had no idea they had stuff like this scrotum bags.
(voice-over): You heard right.
(on camera): Do you think it's real?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, that's real. Yes, the guy actually sells a bunch of these.
MOOS (voice-over): For a mere 30 bucks per scrotum, search eBay and you'll find everything from fake marijuana plants to used socks. No socks for Marc, but he did acquire a monkey carved out of a peach pit and a new jersey turnpike pennant.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Is anybody actually rooting for the turnpike?
MOOS: And there is the 10-inch JFK lawn gnome.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And this guy who was selling it, he actually has a garden gnome museum in Germany. This is one of my favorites too, the deer-proof paperweight.
MOOS: And we can't overlook the beer can man.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And you know it's a man, because when you lift him up...
MOOS: Some offerings are conceptual.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is nothing, and nothing sold.
MOOS: For $1.03, and why settle for two head of cattle when you can buy a calf with two heads for a mere $20,000?
Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York. (END VIDEOTAPE)
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
